Bow necktie



April 1, 1952 E. F. MANSOUR ,5

BOW NECKTIE Filed March 31, 1950 3 Fig.4. g ,6 i 4O INVENTOR 28 Edmund F. Mansour BY M ham Patented Apr. 1, 1952 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim. 1

This invention appertains to improvements in ready-made bow neckties of the type which are formed to simulate a natural-bow tied by the wearer.

The primary objects of this invention are to improve the appearance of such ties so that their prefabricated construction will not be visible from any angle of sight and to rigidify such ties in order to prevent the ties from losing their proper shapes after use.

In constructing the tie, a back member, which is formed with enlarged ends and covered with a fabric material, is provided and a similarly constructed and covered front member is superposed on the back member with a spacer block or member interposed between the center sections of the members and secured thereto by a binding strip encircling the center sections.

The above and ancillary objects are attained by this invention, the preferred embodiment of which is set forth in the following description and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie, formed in accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded view of the component parts of the skeleton frame;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional View taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 3.

In the accompanying drawing, the tie 8 is formed from a frame I0, which includes a back member [2 and a front member I 4 superposed on the back member and spaced out of engagement therewith by a spacer block or member Hi.

The back member I2 includes an elongated strip l8 formed from a suitable stiff or nonpliable material and having pointed or tapered ends 20 and 22. Lateral sets of projections 24 and 26 extend in opposite directions from the marginal edges of the strip adjacent to each of the ends and are aligned to form transverse strips of a length dependent on the desired width of the bow.

The front member I 4 includes an elongated strip 28 having strips 30 and 32 formed transversely on its ends and of a length equal to the length of the strips on the back member, the strip 28 being shorter in length than the strip I2 so that the ends 30 and 32 are spaced inwardly from the ends of the back strip, upon assembling the members together.

In constructing the tie, both of the frame members are covered with pieces 34 and 36 of a suitable fabric material, the fabric pieces being folded over the frame members and having the 2 edges of their ends overlapped and stitched together.

The members are then brought together with the rectangular spacer block it, of any suitable material, interposed between the center sections of the covered strips l8 and 28, so that the ends of the covered frame members, which form wings to give the finished article the resemblance of a bow tied by the wearer, are spaced apart. A binding member 38, which may be a piece of fabric material or a band of other suitable material, is wrapped around the covered center sections of the tie and encompasses the block to hide it from view. Of course, the block being of a slight width, it is not visible from the ends of the tie. The ends of the binding member overlap and are stitched together by stitching 40.

Any conventional attaching means may be secured to the back of the back member for use in attaching the tie to the collar or shirt of a wearer.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A bow necktie comprising a frame, said frame including an elongated back strip having opposing ends, cross strips formed on the strip adjacent to its ends, said cross strips being coextensive in length and the length of said cross strips being approximately the width of the bow, and an elongated front strip superposed on and disposed parallel with said back strip and having cross strips of a length less than the length of the cross strips on the back strip formed on its ends, said front strip being shorter than the back strip, so that the cross strips thereon are.spaced inwardly from the ends of the back strip, individual fabric coverings on each of said strips, and a spacer block interposed between the center sections of the front and back strips and a piece .of binding fabric encircling the center sections of the strips and encompassing the spacer block,

said binding fabric being secured upon itself to secure the front and back strips together.

EDMUND F. MANSOUR.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS. 

